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ColtEtish
23-08-2005, 06:26
Ok so you might have read about my sorc I just started

Heres what she is:

lvl 65 light sorc, 20 light mast, 20 chain, 10 light, 1 teleport, like 2 warmth, a couple other synergies....etc

she does like 4-2300 or something now, chain lightning

She is wearing
4 sock full plate, 4 p topaz - 96 mf
3 socket great helm, 3 p topaz - 72 mf
amulet - 33 mf
ring - 9 mg
milgabras shield - 20 mf
boots - 25 mf

which I think comes out to 255. Not to shabby.

I don't have good rings or another weapon yet, I'm gonna make ryhme soon.

my firned used to get hella good items on shenk runs in nm in season 1, I've done him like 15 times and gotten alot of worthless rares...wtf? I don't think I can survive mephy in nm, not him but getting to him...my stats are

90 str
75 dex
120 vita
110 energy

I'm pumping vita now, I'm gonna also get some more energy or try to insight my merc, who is lvl 50 with a polearm that does 101-224 with fast attack speed. He stays alive pretty well unless we hit those damn fire archers in act 5 nm, even thjough he has like 50 res in nm on everything.

Where else in nm can I mf and get reasonably ok items to start trading off or using to equip any new characters? Is shenk still good? Or do I need to just keep doing him? I do like 1 run every 2 minutes including starting ending and restarting a new game.

I think mephy is pretty out of the question until I'm a higher lvl, it would take me forever just to find lvl 3 plus I'd die along the way, if it wasnt for my merc drawing some fire I'd probabbly die now...I can kill fast but it's harder to stay alive.

F1R3STR1D3R
23-08-2005, 06:48
Get that insight merc, it helps a lot. Also for an extra 20% Mf switch out those boots/ammy for Tancreds boots/ammy. I usually balance my +skills/defense gear with my magic find, I usually don't go over 250% mf. The places I used to MF in NM were Andy and Meph.. and thats it.

ColtEtish
23-08-2005, 07:17
The only worthwhile thing I found so far is tals crystal, which is probabbly my best piece of gear, also a 1 to pally skills amulet, and that 1 to pally kite shield, a few other low lvl uniqures, and a low lvl amulet. I'm debating whether to start a fishy mancer or a pally..my merc is lvling really well, I lvled to 66 and hes like 56 now...im gonna keep doing it and hope for some more nice stuff!

diabloii.net doesnt have the information for insight, can someone link me to a site with all the known runeword stuff?

AnimeCraze
23-08-2005, 07:23
Try Arreat Summit, the official site:

http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp

ColtEtish
23-08-2005, 07:27
Yea I found that after I asked for it...

but damn, I am temporarily suspended from teh realm...

wtf how am I supposed to magic find shenk now? How can I get around this? Limit myself to like 10 games then do a baal run or something ?

Superhal
23-08-2005, 10:13
for your starting char, you should have 2 sets of eq, one for questing/levelling, one for mf'ing. switch them out when you need to level/quest, switch back when you get to a good mf spot, preferably in hell. i wouldn't use CL to mf as just about the only decent place to go is a5su's. some easy to get questing eq:

smoke armor
magefists/trangs claws
caster belts, boots, amulets, rings.

you can leave the helm on. there's nothing really that can help you there at low levels, so having that mf may pay off.

stevethatsmyname
23-08-2005, 10:33
hmmmmmm

maybe something is wrong with your setup, i guess since you have so much MF you sacrafice life and survivability or something,


when my sorceress was level 55 i was soloing nm meph and baal (in hardcore mode)

but i guess to each his own.

My setup was something like this:

spirit crystal sword,
bone shield of deflecting (2 sockets from larzuk, with 2 perfect diamonds)
angelic ammy/ring/ring/armor (+1 skill, 115 life, 75 mana, 100% MF, 10dex)
rare circlet
rare boots (resists)
rare glove (resists)
crafted caster belt

and i ended up with.... max resists in NM, about 650-700 HP, 55% block, and 300 or so mana. 125 or so MF (a bit of MF from boot/glove) with an extra 65% on switch (40% from angelic sickle --- complete angelic set bonus, and 25% from rhyme shield)

I had no trouble soloing anything in nightmare...... it was a fireball/orb sorceress.